Fruits of The Spirit

A couple of weeks ago, my mother-in-love taught some ladies how to make a cute birdie wall hanging! I loved the idea of it, so she cut out extra pieces for me to do! =)


Each bird has a fruit of the spirit: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self Control (Galatians 5:22-23).

I absolutely love these little birdies! I will probably make cards with smaller versions of them! =)







First, I had to decide which patterned paper to use. This was a pretty tough decision for me because there were patterns are both sides and I like things to look "just right." Now that I have finished it, there are some colors I wish were switched around, but it's too late. ha! Aaaannd it is still super cute!











After picking out my papers, I cut the beaks, legs and fruits of the spirit. Then I detailed each one with a permanent marker. This was a stretching task for me. I like everything to be perfect, but the details have crooked lines on purpose. I went over the lines a couple of times because I kept drawing straight lines.. it was very hard for me to make those crooked lines!




After I detailed the above objects, I cut out these darling hearts from the cricut! I detailed these cuties as well!

Once I finished all the detailing, all I had left to do was glue everything together! I glued the squares on 12x12 cardstock and framed it! BAM!! Project complete! =D












I snapped a quick shot of my mother-in-loves (on the left) and mine (on the right)! Now I just need to decide where to hang mine!.. Oh the decisions!! =)

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Christmas Decor

Ironing on my felt trees

A few weeks back, we had a Christmas Craft Day! =D My sister in law, Sarah and my friend Nikki came over! Of course my mother in love was here! =D We made pillows first! It was super fun!! We used old sheets my MIL had and fabric she bought specially for us! =D
















We hadn't planned on sewing any buttons on, but we had some and it made our trees look even cuter! =D There were different sizes to choose from, so we each had ones unique to our trees!  =)

These are my finished product! I also added a red button that says "joy" to one pillow! I was super pleased with them! I was also proud of my sewing skills. =) I'd only used a sewing machine once before and I didn't remember how to use one! Learning again was fun, it's makes me want to sew more things!! haha. =)
Next year I may even make more to sell!!

We also made 5 different types of ornaments! Super fun!! We made glitter ones, a snow globe, cupcakes, beaded ones and tried making some with paint! In this picture, Sarah and I were making paint ornaments! Mine, however, did not turn out that well! The idea was to add a couple of colors, shake the ornament and end up with a pretty color blend. I ended up with an all orange and an all green ornament! BUT it was a fun day for sure, so it's okay! =)

This is one of the bead ornaments we made! Looks great, right!! Sarah brought over her jewelry making beads and wire, so we didn't have to buy our own! Super nice and they turned out great!

I hung some of them in our living room window because our tree is too small for bigger ornaments. Next year, I will buy tinsel or something of the like to add it to the tension rod! I will also add more ornaments! =)

Our cute little cupcake!

Our glitter ornaments!!

And our snow globe!! =D

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